#corporatism — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/117233426189338348

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is following the well troden path of #NeoLiberalism and #Corporatism by ensuring that an improving situation for workers doesn’t suck too much money from profit-making enterprises (and everything else that follows from it). Well and good, but who’s going to be penalised for doing well? Not the corporations I can assure you, but every worker and salaryman/women in Japan. The #Libertarian #Neo-Classical financial systems simply cannot cope with real full employment because a 4-5% unemployment level is baked into the whole shebang.

#BoJ #Economics #CashRateHikes #InterestRatesHikes #MonetaryPolicy

RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/Dc_ulXKIMY4

As Mussolini put it:

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"

#fascism #corporatism #Bombardier

#MarkCarney is attempting to force #Canadians into a “let the motherfucker burn” moment in regards to #climatechange and our country’s response.

Turncoat #Liberals and their supporting #Corporations are tripling down on #climatedestruction with new #pipelines, #aidatacenters, and #LNG, despite the majority of Canadians opposing abandoning our climate goals.

After all our work fighting Climate Change, Corporate propaganda now tells us “It’s inevitable, get used to it”.

What’s made clear is that the #economy means more to corporate owned politicians than our communities or our votes.

Ultimately, #Corporatism will rule over the people’s interest, no matter how much our communities will pay.

These #neocon #CarneyLiberals gave strategic voters in #cdnpoli exactly what we voted against, a conservative agenda.

This is political fraud, yet few seem to notice due to Carney’s #ShockDoctrine threat of a racist, fascist old fart who will be dead in a year or two.

Carney’s #Liberals are #traitors to our country and this #earth, every single one of them. Vote them all out.

#canpoli #sellouts #liars #profiteers #electionreform #ndp #avilewiis

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/116822476038269087

❝ CORPORATE DEMOCRATS ❞

=

CORPORATISTS

we know #corporatism is #fascism.

∴

corporate democrats are NOT centrists. they are the fascists of the #DemocraticParty

if your opponent is a fascist, you cannot be “a little bit fascist“ and call that #centrism.

a true Democratic party would defend #democracy and oppose fascism.

a true Democratic party would be an #antifascism party and make that the anchor of their political platform.

you are for fascism or against it. it’s as simple as that.

@cdarwin

and adding to my own comment, the cost of war only looks like #cost seen from one side - that of the people, the public, the majority, the tax payers -

from where our politicians live, it looks like #profit

https://aje.news/bzyfrb

#iran #war #benefits #corporatism

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/116812355612570598

see also: Barack Obama vs., amongst others:

- Chelsea Manning
- Edward Snowden
- Thomas Drake
- John Kiriakou
- Jeffrey Sterling
- Reality Winner

and his use of the whole fascist #policeState apparatus created with the #PatriotAct ―especially the “anti-terrorist” fusion centers― to blacklist and suppress #anticapitalist (aka #antifascist) writers & activists:

Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring #Occupy Protests https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/us/officials-cast-wide-net-in-monitoring-occupy-protests.html

#DemocraticParty #corporatism #warOnWhistleblowers

If you can buy the US government for mere hundreds of millions of dollars, but in return get it to award you with contracts for tens of billions of dollars, why wouldn’t Elon Musk do it?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=skV5W13VuUs

#usa #corruption #elonmusk #corporatism

RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116793594324120933

R̶o̶n̶a̶l̶d̶ R̶e̶a̶g̶a̶n̶
M̶a̶r̶g̶a̶r̶e̶t̶ T̶h̶a̶t̶c̶h̶e̶r̶
A̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶o̶ P̶i̶n̶o̶c̶h̶e̶t̶
P̶o̶p̶e̶ N̶a̶z̶i̶
P̶o̶p̶e̶ R̶a̶t̶
G̶e̶o̶r̶g̶e̶ H̶ B̶u̶s̶h̶
D̶i̶c̶k̶ C̶h̶e̶n̶e̶y̶
C̶a̶r̶l̶o̶s̶ R̶o̶m̶e̶r̶o̶ B̶a̶r̶c̶e̶l̶ó̶
H̶e̶n̶r̶y̶ K̶i̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶e̶r̶

A̶L̶A̶N̶ G̶R̶E̶E̶N̶S̶P̶A̶N̶

#fascistocracy #neoliberalism #corporatism #fascism #RestInPiss

RE: https://mstdn.social/@leftylabourtech/116700252660974410

💯 but it's really hard to imagine #Carney doing so. He's as corporate as they come.

#capitalism #corporatism

– an emphasis on discipline, manliness and militarism – linked to authoritarianism and often involving the use of paramilitary forces ( #PeteHegseth's #PulpFiction speech, his #antisecularism/ #theocracy, connections to #Manosphere ideology/ #WarriorEthos, #ICE)
– #irredentism (Canada)/ #imperialism (Venezula, #Iran)
– #Corporatism ( #ElonMusk, #Palantir, #AI companies, etc.)

4/

#WarriorEthosSpeech #PeteHegsethWarriorEthosSpeech

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116658607632833674

Liberal, Tory
Same old story

Both parties are corrupt corporatists trying to convince us proles that what's good for global corporations is what's best for everyone - in fact, they say, there's no alternative.

#cdnpoli #Canada #corporatism #fascism

RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116653621744686968

Unbelievably corrupt. The US will never be the same.

#fascism #corporatism

Canada is a the world leader in rigged markets that pander to MBA fck-wits: “If I was WestJet’s CEO, I would not want any competition. I would want to make it as monopolistic or duopolistic for maximizing profit,” he told the Star.
#airlines #WestJet #competition #oligopoly #rigged #consumers #corporatism #Canada #Cdnbusiness #bussiness #markets #regulations
https://www.thestar.com/business/document-shows-westjets-push-against-federal-air-passenger-rights-regulations/article_04d36601-d56e-49f9-b8a1-650bc3ef3e94.html

"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis

#newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture

#Politics is just theater, designed to divide us, the real problem is corporate power that is crushing us.
#corporatism #bigtech #bigpharma #bigfood
https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2OHTHRvIkM&is=bGWTHYCLcO0NJm78

The European Union is planning a major hand-out to big corporations like #Bayer and #BASF, that aim to control the food chain even further. What do they intend to do? Scrapping safety and transparency rules for risky new GMOs, and let corporations profit from patented GM crops.
#EU #foodsafety #gmo
#AntiDemocratic #Corporatism
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/take-action-say-no-deregulation-gmo-food

In one of the most blatant pieces of malevolent corporate greed I've seen, I'm greeted by headlines today that around 2500 seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, simply because the shipping companies they work for don't want to spend any extra to fly them back to their homes.

You might be living in a rigged economic system if...

"From the start of the 2020s, American businesses have been formidable in maintaining and growing their profits. Despite a gantlet of challenges — a pandemic, tariffs, high inflation and wars in key commodity hubs — profits have leaped ahead."
#corporatism #riggedmarkets #economy #corruption #banks #oligarchy #plutocracy #businesses #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/economy/companies-profits-prices-iran-war.html

❝ The House Oversight Committee formally demanded answers from four federal agencies Monday on t͟h͟e͟ d͟e͟a͟t͟h͟s͟ a͟n͟d͟ d͟i͟s͟a͟p͟p͟e͟a͟r͟a͟n͟c͟e͟s͟ o͟f͟ a͟t͟ l͟e͟a͟s͟t͟ 1͟1͟ A͟m͟e͟r͟i͟c͟a͟n͟ s͟c͟i͟e͟n͟t͟i͟s͟t͟s͟ a͟n͟d͟ r͟e͟s͟e͟a͟r͟c͟h͟e͟r͟s͟ w͟i͟t͟h͟ t͟i͟e͟s͟ t͟o͟ N͟A͟S͟A͟, n͟u͟c͟l͟e͟a͟r͟ r͟e͟s͟e͟a͟r͟c͟h͟, a͟n͟d͟ c͟l͟a͟s͟s͟i͟f͟i͟e͟d͟ d͟e͟f͟e͟n͟s͟e͟ p͟r͟o͟g͟r͟a͟m͟s͟—several of them directly connected to the space defense technologies now being commercialized by S͟p͟a͟c͟e͟X͟ and B͟l͟u͟e͟ O͟r͟i͟g͟i͟n͟. ❞

and that’s your problem right there

https://fortune.com/2026/04/21/scientists-disappear-die-nasa-space-blue-origin-spacex/

#corporatism #corruptocracy #USMIL #cartelism

Pluralistic: A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116398678116637934

IBM continuing it’s long tradition of collaborating with nazis and fascists:

The Nazi Party: IBM & "Death's Calculator" - https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ibm-and-quot-death-s-calculator-quot-2

List of companies involved in the Holocaust - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust

Business collaboration with Nazi Germany - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany

#fascism #corporatism #genocide #MAGA

As someone with an interest in cryptography and, I guess as an extension, tradecraft (shout out to Minnesota Spy Club), I thought it was interesting that the Irish military intelligence agency (formerly "J2") decided to "decloak" in the Irish Times:

• https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-spy-service-protecting-ireland-inc/ [podcast]
• https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/04/the-spy-is-the-boring-guy-in-a-suit-inside-the-states-military-intelligence-service/ [interview]

It all seems reasonable enough but I don't know about the whole thing about protecting (among other things) "Irish business interests abroad." And then to tell us that they're working for "Ireland Inc.?" IDK. Not really the kind of public image that inspires confidence.

#Spooks #Cryptography #Tradecraft #Facebook #Meta #RegulatoryCapture #Corporatism

Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/116291696000452272

#corporatism 🤮🤬

I am beyond repulsed by rightwing governments in BC who contract out "non-core" tasks inside public services, like food, bus drivers, HandyDart drivers, hospital transfers, laundry, security, cleaning, etc.

The bcndp government and its creatures can end all of these contracts today, and run it all AS the public service we all THINK it is, paying people good money and benefits.

#cdnpoli #canada #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp

I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)

Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library

by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025

"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.

"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.

"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.

"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.

"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "

https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html

#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries

The only hike I'm ever interested in taking. 📈

#Corporatism #Samsung #Labor #Union #UnionsStrong #UnionsMatter #Strike #WageHike #SouthKorea

https://www.metaintro.com/blog/samsung-pay-hike-2025

Unter Vorbehalt! Mich erinnert der #OpenAI / #AI #Raubzug z. B. an die damalige #Musikindustrie / #Künstler vs. #YouTube / #Google -Debatte, allerdings im #Hardcore Mode! Der Status Quo wird immer weiter aggressiv, ggf. illegal(?) zugunsten #Corporations verschoben. #Kunst #fascism #corporatism

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mns4lhv37yhcnmfemjqohyuq/post/3lnoxu6ydhs2u

Unitary management:
"A good decision is no longer a decision legally well-supported, but a decision made within a reasonable time, which will not be appealed and whose application will incur fewer costs."

Jacques Faget in "L’acte de juger et ses biais" (2018) https://www.cairn.info/revue-deliberee-2018-3-page-27.htm @ethics

#efficiency #judicialBias #institutionsDeceive #ethics #choosing #sentencing #judging #truth #stateViolence #sociology #mentalHealth #unitary #corporatism #justice #law #publicLaw #bias #responsibility

There is no judicial truth. Organisations cannot "do Justice". Let's discuss the biases of the judicial institutions.

! to be followed @sociology @ethics

#toBeFollowed #judicialBias #institutionsDeceive #ethics #choice #choosing #sentencing #judging #systemicRacism #racialisation #racialization #patriarchy #fragility #truth #reputation #domination #stateViolence #sociology #mentalHealth #unitary #corporatism #justice #law #publicLaw #bias #responsibility

2015: #Sanders Statement on #TaxDodging Companies

April 9, 2015

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 9 – "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on new data showing the extent to which some American companies are avoiding taxes:

"'I applaud Citizens for Tax Justice for releasing new data today revealing the unfairness of our tax system and the fact that a number of the biggest and most well-known corporations in America continue to pay little or nothing in taxes.

"'At a time when we have massive #wealth and income #inequality, and when #corporate profits are soaring, it is an outrage that many large, profitable corporations not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, but actually received a rebate from the IRS last year.

"'Instead of balancing the budget on the backs of the #elderly, the #children, the sick and the #poor, as the Republicans in Congress have proposed, we need a tax system that demands that large, profitable corporations and the wealthy start paying their fair share in taxes. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the coming months to make certain that happens.'

Top Ten Corporate Tax Dodgers from Citizens for Tax Justice’s Report

1. Not only did media giant #TimeWarner pay nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a rebate of $26 million from the IRS even though it made $4.3 billion in U.S. profits.

2. #CBS made $1.8 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes it received a rebate from the IRS of $235 million.

3. #Xerox made $629 million in U.S. profits in 2014, but received a tax rebate of $16 million from the IRS.

4. #Prudential Financial made $3.5 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes, it received a tax rebate of $106 million from the IRS.

5. The toy maker #Mattel made $268 million in profits last year, but received a tax rebate of $46 million from the IRS.

6. #Priceline.com not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a tax rebate of $9 million, even though it made $73 million in profits last year

7. #PacificGasAndElectric not only paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, it received a tax rebate of $84 million from the IRS even though it made $1.8 billion last year.

8. Wireless technology maker #Qualcomm made $3.2 billion in U.S. profits last year, but instead of paying federal income taxes, it received a refund from the I.R.S. of $98 million.

9. #GeneralElectric made over $5.8 billion in profits in the U.S. last year, but paid just 0.9 percent of that amount — less than one percent — in federal income taxes.

10. #Jetblue Airways made $615 million in U.S. profits last year, but paid just 0.4 percent of that amount — less than half of one percent — in federal income taxes.

Source:
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-tax-dodging-companies/

#Oligarchy
#OilAndGasIndustry
#Oiligarchy
#Corporatocracy
#Corporatism

[Thread] 10 Times America Helped Overthrow a Foreign Government

The #US has long facilitated #RegimeChange to support its own #strategic and #business interests.

By: Becky Little
Published: June 7, 2022

"Throughout its history, the United States has used its military and covert operations to overthrow or prop up foreign governments in the name of preserving U.S. strategic and business interests.

"U.S. intervention in foreign governments began with attacks on and displacement of #sovereign #TribalNations in North America. In the 1890s, this type of imperialist activity, fueled by the idea of #ManifestDestiny, expanded overseas when the U.S. overthrew the #HawaiianKingdom and annexed its islands. As America annexed more overseas territories for its empire, it began to intervene frequently in other countries’ governments—particularly those in its backyard.

"'During the early 20th century, the United States intervened relentlessly in the #CaribbeanBasin,' says Stephen Kinzer, a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and author of Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from #Hawaii to #Iraq.

"After World War II, the United States began using the newly established Central Intelligence Agency [#CIA] to overthrow governments all over the world in a more covert manner. U.S. leaders rationalized many of these interventions as necessary for preventing the spread of communism according to the Cold War domino theory. Similarly, 21st-century leaders would later defend U.S. #MiddleEast interventions as necessary for fighting terrorism."

https://www.history.com/news/us-overthrow-foreign-governments

#HumanRights #CIA #Covert #Corporatism #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism

A very interesting listen I caught on NPR today. Available as a podcast online.

Climate One: Law and #Oil: Taking #Climate Offenders to Court

Published July 17, 2023 at 9:05 AM EDT
Thursday, July 20, 2023

"The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the #ClimateCrisis. Some lawsuits challenge #governments for their support for fossil fuels and for their failure to take #ClimateAction, while other cases target the #FossilFuel companies themselves for knowingly misleading the world about the climate disrupting impacts of burning their products. Some of these cases seek monetary damages, others seek to hold governments accountable to their emissions reduction pledges. As more of these cases get their time in court, how powerful can litigation be in forcing action around the #ClimateEmergency."

https://www.mainepublic.org/show/2-pm-public-affairs-programs/2023-07-17/climate-one-law-and-oil-taking-climate-offenders-to-court

#BigOil #ExxonKnew #BPKnew #ShellKnew #Capitalism #Corporatism #Lobbyists #ClimateCatastrophe

@flockofnazguls @franchot I agree! From my Canadian perspective, even Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren are pretty tame, though I adore them. No one questions our current #corporatism, #capitalism, #extractivism, eternal growth, rampant individualism... it's as if they're laws of nature, not just arbitrary systems made up by rich & powerful humans. I love this essay from #RebeccaSolnit (no paywall) on the #ClimateCrisis as an opportunity.
#wecandobetter #abundancemindset
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/rebecca-solnit-climate-change-wealth-abundance/

#MalAdjusted — Its a word they use.

Well, there are some things, many things in fact, in this system that we can say we are proud to be maladjusted to.

Paraphrasing from Dr #MartinLutherKing.

#warCrimes #micimatt #militaryIndustrialComplex #intelligencia #forcedMedia #forcedNews #keynesian #moneyPrinter #corporatism #cronyism #jeffreyEpsteinClass #thinkTanks #freeAssange